Kouyate's red card overturned

West Ham have succeeded in having Cheikhou Kouyate's red card overturned on appeal.

Kouyate was sent off with 15 minutes remaining of West Ham's 5-1 win over Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round after he was deemed to have clipped Adam Henley as he was bearing down on goal. Referee Jon Moss produced a straight red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity, but West Ham manager Slaven Bilic disagreed with the decision and signalled the club's intention to appeal.

"From my position, I am not happy with that. I know the ball went to Randy [Darren Randolph], to our keeper, so it is definitely not a goalscoring opportunity. A foul? Okay," Bilic said.

"But not a red card so we are going to appeal and I think we have a really strong case."

An Independent Regulatory Commission examined the incident and ruled in West Ham's favour.

"Cheikhou Kouyate's one-match suspension for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity has been withdrawn with immediate effect following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing today [Tuesday 23 February 2016]," a statement from the FA read.

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